I made brownies tonight, and DH got a bag of walnuts specifically for them. It made me realize DD has NEVER had walnuts before, and most mamas on here keep an eye on their children like a hawk for reactions to basically anything that could be an allergy food. I'm not fully concerned since the only family food allergy we know of is MIL can't eat fish because of the iodine.

Got me wondering, if your kids have food allergies, does your family?

ETA: Ugh, pregnancy brain. Forgot to add "no food allergies". I need to start writing everything down before I start polls... I'm surprised I got 'other' in there

My DD1 is allergic to dairy, we have no history of food allergies. However in my immediate family many of us are the allergy 'type', i.e. hayfever, metal allergies etc. I do think I have some slight food allergies, I have noticed sometimes my lips and eyes and throat get itchy after eating some spice mixes but have never figured out exactly what it was. However, never diagnosed or even serious enough to worry about. I just remembered that my aunt is allergic to shellfish but I think that is quite different to dairy. Also DD2 has eczema which also often goes along with food allergies.

eta...I also have metal sensitivities...my wedding rings cause excema to flare up on my hand and I have never had excema before...my mom also has excema and metal sensitivities....we also have random drug allergies in the family, me sulfa and imitrix and one of my uncles is allergic to pennicilin (sp?) I also have an odd but serious allergy to something in Certs and Tictacs...causes anaphylactic shock in me...I nearly died twice because of it...

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I voted other, we don't have any food allergies (that we know of!). DD1 did have a formula allergy, then didn't really drink milk until she was 16 months old. So I guess that counts but she's outgrown it.